40
The film has its moments - Kiel's indestructible heavy racks up a good score - but the rest is desperately weak.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
50
It's the submarine barn and Richard Kiel's steel-toothed Jaws you remember from this one; the ostensible hero is just a fleshy blur.
80
Roger Moore’s third outing as Bond is undoubtedly his best.
75
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
For the first time in three films, Roger Moore starts to unearth a personality for Bond.
50
The New York Times by Janet Maslin
The film moves along at a serviceable clip, but it seems half an hour too long, thanks to the obligatory shoot-'em-up conclusion, filmed on the largest sound-stage in the world, but nevertheless the dullest sequence here.
80
The New Yorker by Pauline Kael
A glitter sci-fi adventure fantasy that balances the indestructible James Bond with an indestructible cartoon adversary, Jaws (Richard Kiel), who is a great evil windup toy. This is the best of the Bonds starring the self-effacing Roger Moore.
60
Triple X posed an ideal opportunity for the series to rectify its dismissive treatment of women until this point, putting a lady on equal footing with Bond. To its credit, the film does feature a bit of screwball badinage between the two (a clunky bit about female drivers, unfortunately), but it has yet to introduce a single female character who doesn’t want to sleep with our hero.
50
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
Gadgets abound, especially a Lotus sports car that transforms into a submarine. But the scene-stealer is 7'2" Richard Kiel as Jaws, a shark-eating man with steel teeth.